Man arrested after 2-year-old searches door-to-door for father

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Published: Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 9:36 p.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 9:36 p.m.

Police say a 2-year-old child spent about an hour and a half going door-to-door at Crescent Hills Apartments in the rain Wednesday night looking for her father, who was at the complex drinking with friends.

Shinadore Leanthony Harris, 30, of 119 Seminole Drive, Una, was charged with neglect of a child/helpless person, according to online jail records.

An incident report states that several witnesses told police that the child had knocked on their doors looking for her daddy, and that they tried to find her father in the apartment complex. The child's mother arrived after police, saying she had received a call from Harris earlier in the day saying he wanted to see the girl, so she dropped the child off at Harris' aunt's house on Farley Street. She did not know how Harris and the child got to the apartment complex, the report states.

Harris was angry and intoxicated when he was arrested, saying that the people he was drinking with were supposed to be watching the child, the report states.

Harris was also charged in an unrelated case with financial transaction card fraud more than $500. His bond amount was unavailable.

<p>Police say a 2-year-old child spent about an hour and a half going door-to-door at Crescent Hills Apartments in the rain Wednesday night looking for her father, who was at the complex drinking with friends.</p><p>Shinadore Leanthony Harris, 30, of 119 Seminole Drive, Una, was charged with neglect of a child/helpless person, according to online jail records.</p><p>An incident report states that several witnesses told police that the child had knocked on their doors looking for her daddy, and that they tried to find her father in the apartment complex. The child's mother arrived after police, saying she had received a call from Harris earlier in the day saying he wanted to see the girl, so she dropped the child off at Harris' aunt's house on Farley Street. She did not know how Harris and the child got to the apartment complex, the report states.</p><p>Harris was angry and intoxicated when he was arrested, saying that the people he was drinking with were supposed to be watching the child, the report states.</p><p>Harris was also charged in an unrelated case with financial transaction card fraud more than $500. His bond amount was unavailable.</p><p>The child was released to her mother.</p>